Blonde Ale Centennial Blonde (Simple 4% All Grain, 5 & 10 Gall)

[davis119]

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hey mikey look at mine .... it looks nothing like that in the glass tho

 

[davis119]

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[Mikeyadams7]

Cool makes me feel better. Lol

 

[chalmer9]

Brewing this on Saturday morning. Can't wait....about 8 batches of all grain under my belt and I'm slowly getting better. This will be a great summer drinker!

 

[davis119]

Brewing this on Saturday morning. Can't wait....about 8 batches of all grain under my belt and I'm slowly getting better. This will be a great summer drinker!

good luck
what milford are you from >?

 

[davis119]

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[davis119]

Here is mine bottles on 4/14.

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[chalmer9]

good luck
what milford are you from >?

Ohio

 

[davis119]

ohio

oh ok jw.

 

[hogwash]

Great recipe! I had my first bottle the other day at about 2.5 weeks. Nice hop bite with a light body. This will be perfect when the weather heats up. I'm going to wait another couple weeks before I drink anymore as I think it will smooth out. By the way, I dry hopped for a few days with some leftover cascade & centennial. Adds a nice aroma.

 

[AlkiBrewing]

Yepper...

Decided to go to the trouble of freezing the bottles this time around when bottling and made a huge difference.

Next time you're in town...I'll give the beer I serve you the same consideration...

BM, rookie question. What effect does freezing the bottles have? How does it improve the Beer? Thanks.

 

[TheWiz]

I think it cuts down on foam when bottling from a keg using a beer gun.

 

[indios40]

Been away for awhile, however my SWMBO and her friends really enjoy this beer! Very good recipe, can't wait for it to warm up once and for all to enjoy after work on the deck or before and after the yard work. Very drinkable with a nice flavor / hop presence not to mention the golden straw like appearance.

 

[racetech]

Brewed this last weekend, took a reading today and got a decent smell of the beer. Think I might have some off flavors unfortunately.

 

[gritmaster]

Anyone try and FWH the 20min Cascade addition? Just wondering.

 

[pvtschultz]

Brewed this last weekend, took a reading today and got a decent smell of the beer. Think I might have some off flavors unfortunately.

It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to tell off flavors from a simple primary sniff. Fermenting beer wreaks with a strong carbonic acid smell and tingles of the nose hairs. Just leave it alone for 2-3 weeks and bottle/keg it. Taste the gravity sample if you want, but warm or even cold flat beer doesn't taste all that great. This beer will start to come into its own after about three weeks in the bottle and gets really good after about five weeks.

RDWAHAHB

 

[racetech]

It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to tell off flavors from a simple primary sniff. Fermenting beer wreaks with a strong carbonic acid smell and tingles of the nose hairs. Just leave it alone for 2-3 weeks and bottle/keg it. Taste the gravity sample if you want, but warm or even cold flat beer doesn't taste all that great. This beer will start to come into its own after about three weeks in the bottle and gets really good after about five weeks.

RDWAHAHB

Thanks for the info. I have it sitting at about 72 degrees still in primary. Hit 1.008 and it's still going, been over a week since it first started.

 

[Charlieatthedisco]

One week in primary and one in secondary for this brew? If you were to add fruit when would you put it in?

 

[NuclearRich]

One week in primary and one in secondary for this brew? If you were to add fruit when would you put it in?

I just put it on ~4.5lbs of mulberries after a 3-4 week primary. Will keep it on the fruit for about the same time. It is my standard protocol for any fruit beer.

 

[Charlieatthedisco]

Sounds good. Do you re rack again before bottling/kegging or just leave the fruit in there? What do you think about raspberries?

 

[Piratwolf]

Anyone try and FWH the 20min Cascade addition? Just wondering.

I don't think I'll FWH this (although I do almost all my other beers) b/c the higher bittering is dangerous in such a mild beer.

(Also, FWIW, I haven't really found that FWH gives me a 20min flavor bump as conventional wisdom says it does... just smoother and slightly higher bittering.)

 

[Piratwolf]

I'm going to wait another couple weeks before I drink anymore as I think it will smooth out.

This x1000!!! I love this beer & drank my 5gal pretty fast... but saved a few bottles. Now they're 6 mo.s old and I'm crying b/c it's so smooth, slightly sweet on the finish... and gone

 

[NuclearRich]

Sounds good. Do you re rack again before bottling/kegging or just leave the fruit in there? What do you think about raspberries?

I do rack off of fruit for priming or kegging. Too much gunk. I did a raspberry wheat awhile back and used 5lb on 5gals IIRC. Nice aroma and mild to medium flavor that was balanced enough to still be beer.

 

[Dcmpres]

I have been enjoying this for the past week out of the keg. Initially showed a slight banana aroma, but that blew off in two days later. Not sure if that is common with Notty yeast or residual from possible higher ferment temp. (66-68F) Either way, it is a deliciously refreshing brew. Slight chill haze as seen, but color is lighter than pic. Thanks for a great recipe, BM. Looking forward to going all grain with this one for my first attempt very soon.

 

[seatbelt123]

I have been enjoying this for the past week out of the keg. Initially showed a slight banana aroma, but that blew off in two days later. Not sure if that is common with Notty yeast or residual from possible higher ferment temp. (66-68F) Either way, it is a deliciously refreshing brew. Slight chill haze as seen, but color is lighter than pic. Thanks for a great recipe, BM. Looking forward to going all grain with this one for my first attempt very soon.

Nice, looks good! Are you controlling the fermentation temp? If it got too high you might get the banana aroma or flavor...

 

[JasontheBeaver]

I'm brewing this in a couple days. This will be my 4th time so obviously it's a favorite of mine.
Some tweaks I'm trying this time are water additions to get my mash pH lower.
I'm also going to first wort hop all the cascade.
Lastly, I'm going to use Nottingham yeast; I've used WLP001 in the past.

 

[Dcmpres]

Seatbelt - I pitched at 62 F and immersed the carboy in 20 gallon of water where ambient temp never got above 65 F, but obviously it spiked during initial fermentation. I need to get a Thermowell to accurately control the temp. Just something else to buy in the name of great beer. :rockin:

 

[Paddle_Head]

Wow, almost 200 pages. I'm going to make a version of this soon, and was wondering if anyone had any insight/experience

2 Row- 45.71%
Wheat- 45.71%
Vienna- 5.71%
Honey Malt- 2.86%

OG- 1.037
SRM- 4.6

Centennial (9.9%)- 0.5oz (60min)
Amarillo (10.3%)- 0.75oz (10min)
Centennial (9.9%)- 0.25oz (5min)
Amarillo (10.3%)- 0.5oz (flame out)
IBU's- 24

I'm going to ferment this with Kolsh yeast, and dry hop it with 1oz blend of Amarillo & Centennial (0.75/0.25)

 

[pvtschultz]

This recipe of BierMuncher's is a lot closer to what you are trying to do.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/kona-fire-rock-pale-ale-ag-clone-52220/

Wow, almost 200 pages. I'm going to make a version of this soon, and was wondering if anyone had any insight/experience

2 Row- 45.71%
Wheat- 45.71%
Vienna- 5.71%
Honey Malt- 2.86%

OG- 1.037
SRM- 4.6

Centennial (9.9%)- 0.5oz (60min)
Amarillo (10.3%)- 0.75oz (10min)
Centennial (9.9%)- 0.25oz (5min)
Amarillo (10.3%)- 0.5oz (flame out)
IBU's- 24

I'm going to ferment this with Kolsh yeast, and dry hop it with 1oz blend of Amarillo & Centennial (0.75/0.25)

 

[Paddle_Head]

Thanks man. I actually made that a few weeks back, came out great. It was BM's overall fondness for honey malt that's motivating me to try swapping it for crystal in this case. I'm trying the wheat and Kolsch yeast as I think it will help making it a good brew for August drinking.